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SYNOPSIS OF HISTORY 

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PAINTING, SCULPTURE 
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PARTIAL GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TERMS 

AETHIOPIA. The Nile valley soulli of BARBIZON GKODP. Fablers wlio re- 
Egypt, from the Seeond Cntnraet to Khar- ti^ed ^™j"jP^^1'| "^^^'g jjjj pevolution of 
Aethiopia conquered Egj-pt and ruled it quiet landseupes near Fontainebleau. 

A3.WTTTilJa'']^TeZ': M^ t'he "MO^^^ act^tt?'''I?'"h '*"° °' ''"°"'- 

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CLASSICAL EEViyAL. i 






ASOK.^. A Maurya king of nearly all 



3H1N DYNASTY. Notable for including 






CROMAGNON. 






RENAISSANCE. Period of 



)f the Tiber; 






FRENCH ACADEMY. A self perpetuat- Jjj^'^ the^Pa^acy.^and^clalming .nu 

y Richelieu to be the arbiter of French Francis I of Austria, abdicated 18 

peech and literature. HUMANISM. The devotion of 



HUNS. Invaders of Europe from Cenli 



HYKSOS. A group 



KAMAKURA. The first seat of the Sliogun- MUGHAL, or Mogul and Mongol are different 
°u"(i8uddSo! "narrow Wd™ordM"^fidby'cWnshiz Khan! 



LE°GNANO. Scene of the victory of Milan NICCpLO^^^^^^ 

and other Lombard, cities, aided by the raik sculptor to attain first 

North aaliancTties."'" "'"'" """" " (Turks) thit.founderaSd frvrrule^t'S 

7.F.PANTO. Naval battle aoain.t the Turkish Empire. 



J great San- SLTJTER, GLAUS. Flemish sculptor who 

iuia and his in Italy. 

SPHINX. A figure of a recumbent lion 
ic. south of with human head. The "Great Sphinx" 

?l'i'ance°upon SUMER AND AKKAD. South and North 

i-nntlng^Col TIMUR, commonly °kno°vn°"as"°Tamcrlane 
A Muhammadan from Central. Asia 












PETRARCH. "The first modern man." 


ROMANES.QUE. At 




from Rome to the Norlli S 














UKIYO-E. "Pictures of the fleet 


ula'r" ° 


romanticis'm''"i 


"''tendrnly^io en 


ll-ofStiaf-— »" 


PISISTRATUS. Tyrant of Athens. 


joy one's own imp 


ons^^overtWngs''M 


UNIVERSITIES. Bodiesofst 


"■'in^^^'of^GTete."^'"' "' '"= ''™°" 


7.!S\iZlt'S 




eaehcrs of Iheology (Pans) 




ST. PAUL'S OUTSI 


DE THE WALLS. 




ROME. Chief m 






PREDYNASTIC PERIOD. The earliest 


Christian architect 


re'."'«urned ISil. 




SSlv°taf^a,STs>^'^u& 
Neolithic and Bronze Age culture. The 


since restored. 




UPANISUADS. The philosnpl.i 


SALAMS.^ Navd dc 














glyphic writing. 








^^!S^Sj£|I^aSM 


sevcnth7e"ntury.''Ni 


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vandal's" "TeuZ'ic 


Ptolemy reigned in'l^pt" and oLk'^i- 


TrOUTE to IN 


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quest, 30 B. C. 


ColumbSs and ou" 


\vho wasS'lS 


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PYRAMIDS. The tombs of tlie kings of 








Egypt in the Old Kingdom, 3000-2100 
B. C. The "Great Pyramids" were buUt 

SrV^rc?aSar°'*foJS^ruS.^^S 
the centre, reached by a complicated aeries 


stead of ice to prese 
SHINTO. The indigen 

'd'hi5tntSi 
from Buddhism a.. 


is still practised apart 


S-SrSSs 



SHpGUNATE. The Shogun, the 
Japan. The first great Shogun wa. 






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In the Synopsis England, the Continent of Europe, and America 
are grouped under the title '" Europe"; Egypt, Byzantium (Con- 
stantinople), and Arabia under the title ''The Levant"; Asia 
Minor, Mesopotamia, and Persia under the title "Western Asia." 

For terms not explained in the Glossary consult the general 
encyclopedias. 

The following books will also be useful: 

S. Reinach: *' Apollo; an illustrated manual of the history of 

art throughout the ages." 
G. Maspero: " Dawn of Civilization." 
F. B. Tarbell: ''A History of Greek Art." 
J. H. Robinson: '' An Introduction to the History of Western 

Europe." 
W. R. Lethaby: "Mediaeval Art." 
Ameer Ali: " Short History of the Saracens." 
V. A. Smith: "Early History of India." 
Okakura-Kakuzo: "The Awakening of Japan." 
H. G. Wells: "The Outline of History." 



